Sida ulmifoliaMill.

WFO wfo-0000505472 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sida ulmifolia, photographed by Josiah Londerée
fig. a Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-01 / obs. 193389877
Sida ulmifolia, photographed by Laurie Brooks
fig. b Laurie Brooks, CC0 1.0 / obs. 194311823
Sida ulmifolia, photographed by Joe
fig. c Joe, CC0 1.0 / obs. 141746445
Sida ulmifolia, photographed by Michelle Sevcovas
fig. d Michelle Sevcovas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 116501588
Sida ulmifolia, photographed by brycelee
fig. e brycelee, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 112636879
Sida ulmifolia, photographed by Mike Ostrowski
fig. f Mike Ostrowski, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 108912040
Sida ulmifolia, photographed by Judy Gallagher
fig. g Judy Gallagher, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 28917959
Sida ulmifolia, photographed by Alison Northup
fig. h Alison Northup, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 12791781

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Native range 26 botanical countries

Regions where Sida ulmifolia is native: Florida, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is. FloridaMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastColombiaCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicEl SalvadorGuatemalaHaitiHondurasNicaraguaPuerto RicoTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela BermudaCayman Is.Leeward Is.Windward Is.
Native distribution of Sida ulmifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bermuda BER
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Cayman Is. CAY
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Leeward Is. LEE
Nicaragua NIC
Puerto Rico PUE
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Windward Is. WIN
Florida FLA NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 10 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Sida acuta var. intermedia S.Y.Hu
  • Sida acuta var. stipulata (Cav.) K.Schum.
  • Sida balbisiana DC.
  • Sida berteroana Spreng.
  • Sida brachypetala DC.
  • Sida carpinifolia Mill.
  • Sida carpinifolia var. balbisiana Millsp.
  • Sida carpinifolia var. brevicuspidata Griseb.
  • Sida stipulata Cav.
  • Sida trivialis Macfad.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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